Elizabeth Callaghan: UK correspondent on the latest developments with the Liverpool car ramming

A horror car ramming at a Liverpool Football Club victory parade is not being treated as terrorism. 

47 people were injured when a car ploughed into the crowd celebrating the Premier League title win - seriously injuring two, including a child.  

A 53 year old British man from Liverpool has been been arrested. 

UK correspondent Elizabeth Callaghan says tens of thousands were out on the streets celebrating - and the attack has been described as 'appalling'. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Of course, Inda Brady is not with us this evening.
He's running a crazy event in South America, like he
was telling us last week. So while he's doing that,
we've got Elizabeth Kellahan with us from the with the
latest from the UK.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Elizabeth, Hello, hello, Hello, thank you for having me.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
Thank you so much. What's the posblem this car ramming
in Liverpool.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yeah, this is a truly horrific incident that's taken place
yesterday evening. So dozens have been injured after a car
plowed into pedestrians during Liverpool's victory parade. Really truly horrific.
So people were out what should have been a joyous
celebration of Liverpool winning the Premier League has turned into
chaotic scenes. So nearly fifty people have been injured, among

(00:43):
those four children. So one child is in a serious
condition hospital along with one other who is also seriously injured.
So police say they have arrested a fifty three year
old white British man from the Liverpool area. But really,
you know, there were tens of thousands of people out
on the streets of Liverpool and this car appeared into

(01:05):
this road. Witnesses say there was a confrontation with the driver,
people banging on the windows of the car then accelerated
into the crowd, people you know, diving out of the way,
trying to get their children out the way. It was
a very much a family event, tens of thousands of
people out there. It was about holiday here in the
UK yesterday, so just people there in a party mood,

(01:28):
a moment of jubilation. But really it has turned into
a truly horrific incident there. So yes, that's an ongoing
situation really about the Prime Minister says the scenes are appalling.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
If it's not terrorism related, then what has gone on here?
What's his motivation?

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Oh, we don't know. I mean the police are being
very tight lipped that what they don't want is there
to be a spread of misinformation and they're actually urging
people with social media footage to well not to share
any video footage on social media. That they have ruled
out terrorism and were very clear that they wanted to

(02:10):
say that it was a British white man from the
Liverpool area. So we really don't know. I mean, how
the car got into that packed street in the first place.
There would have been tight cornered off roads, so there
will be a big into investigation into how something like
this has taken place. But indeed the emergency services were

(02:35):
on the scene very quickly, as there are at these
big events. There were a lot of police and emergency
services there, so you know they were on the scene
very quickly.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Thanks all, Elizabeth. Russia's obviously denied, as it would any
involvement with the as andech on Keirstamber's property, but I mean,
am I five treating this as seriously linked to Russia.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
Well over the weekend there were reports in the UK
press that security officials were investigating the Kremlin's involvement in
these Armen attacks, which end up probably would have told
you about. Earlier this month, there was a vehicle fire
in Kentish Town and two properties in that either belong

(03:18):
to the PM or former homes. So the Kremlin spokesperson
has said that the claims are ludicrous and that London
tends to suspect Russian involvement in all things bad things
that are happening in Great Britain. But three Ukrainian born
men have been charged in relation to the attacks. They

(03:38):
deny the charges, but it's who knows. In this kind
of world that we're living in certainly the police will
be looking at all all kind of inquiries as to
who could be involved into these arsonal attacks on the

(03:58):
properties linked to Cay Stalmer.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
Elizabeth, Thank you appreciate. Elizabeth Callahan, UK correspondent. For more
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